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LLF Senior Counsel John C. Hentschel prevailed on a Motion for Summary Judgment in El Dorado County on behalf of a solar power contractor whose employee allegedly assaulted the plaintiff while in the course and scope of employment. Hentschel successfully argued there was no direct or vicarious liability because the employer did not know or have reason to know of the employee’s alleged propensity for violence and the employee’s assault was motivated by personal reasons unrelated to his employment (and therefore outside the course and scope of employment).